Dendy

Dendy (Template:Lang-ru) was a hardware clone of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) popular in Russia, Ukraine and other republics of the former Soviet Union. It was released in early 1990s by Steepler company. Since no officially licensed version of the NES was ever released in the former USSR, the Dendy was easily the most popular video game console of its time in that setting, and enjoyed a degree of fame roughly equivalent to the that experienced by the NES/Famicom in North America and Japan.

Models

Dendy was released in three versions.

• Dendy Classic
• Dendy Junior
• Dendy Junior II and Junior IIP

Dendy Classic

According to a commercial booklet from Steepler, Dendy Classic had both PAL and SECAM compatible outputs and only one controller (an additional controller was sold separately).

Dendy Junior

Dendy Junior had two controllers and PAL compatible video output.

Dendy Junior II and Junior IIP

Junior IIP was sold with a light gun, although all of the models have a light gun port. The main difference between Junior and Junior II was in the controller connections. In Dendy Junior the ports were in the front side of console so it was easier to connect and disconnect the controllers. Gamepad and light gun shared the same port. Thus, in order to connect a light gun, one of the joypads had to be disconnected first, and Dendy II has Sega Genesis shape and Genesis' pads.

Game Cartridges

Cartridges for Dendy

Nearly all of the games sold for Dendy consoles were bootlegged. Quite often they were of the 100-in-1 variety, where a few games were replicated many times with the sprites or maps slightly altered.